Watson Brown: Football team making good progress in spring drills

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Spring camp may just be a week in, but
Tennessee Tech football coach Watson Brown is pleased with the
team's progress in the first five sessions out of the 15
allowed.

"Camp's going well," Brown said. "We're five days in, so we're
one-third of the way. We're still installing things and trying to
get everything in. I think the key to the spring is getting to
watch the personnel. As we said going in, we've got 53 guys that
have kind of established themselves on the depth chart that are
back, then we have another 30-35 that we are really watching to see
who can pop in and help us. We're also trying to get those 53
better. I think we're off to a good start. We're getting to judge
those guys and that's the important part. We still need some help
in spots."

One of the things that is helping the Golden Eagles is a lack of
major injuries.

"For the most part, we're pretty healthy," Brown said. "We've got
some pulled hamstrings, but other than that we're fairly
healthy."

There haven't really been any surprises for the veteran coach
through the first five sessions.

"I wouldn't say anything has just popped out," Brown said. "The
things we wanted to see are coming through. Our young quarterbacks
have been impressive -- Darian Stone and Ryan Tilghman both have
done some really good things when they're getting reps. Adam Urbano
has come in and I think he's going to be the running back we
thought he could be and he's going to be a solid player with the
two returning running backs we have."